Public Safety Committee will work on a plan to expedite assigning house numbers

By Peggy Aulisio

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Posted Feb. 7, 2013 at 1:52 PM

Posted Feb. 7, 2013 at 1:52 PM

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ACUSHNET — Buyers of a newly built house on Main Street contacted the town recently about the lack of a house number, prompting Town Administrator Alan Coutinho to consider the problem overall in town.

"This particular address has been assigned by the Assessors Office," he told selectmen Jan. 28, "but we've been trying to put together a plan to speed this up at our next Public Safety Committee meeting."

Mr. Coutinho said the problem of not having a house number comes up when people are building a new house. He said it only came to the Board of Selectmen's attention this time because the owners contacted them.

Mr. Coutinho said the problem has arisen a few times recently, enough to spur him to try to expedite the process of house numbering.

The town administrator said while the Assessors Office may have good reasons for the delay, police have issues involving public safety.

Mr. Coutinho gave the example of an injury to workers on a site. He said they could dial 911 "and we're not going to have an address."

Mr. Coutinho said while they don't want to "interfere" with what the Assessors Department wants to do, they'd like to come to an accommodation with them to expedite the process.